Installation manual

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Importing User Public Keys
A user’s Public Key must be uploaded to the switch in order for the user to be able to log
in using the public key authentication mechanism. If the user’s public key does not exist
on the switch, SSH will revert to the interactive password authentication mechanism to
complete authentication.
Field Attributes
• Public-Key of user – The RSA and DSA public keys for the selected user.
- RSA: The first field indicates the size of the host key (e.g., 1024), the second field is
the encoded public exponent (e.g., 37), and the last string is the encoded modulus.
- DSA: The first field indicates that SSH version 2 was used to create the key. The
second field contains the key comment. The third string is the encoded modulus, and
the last field is a comment denoting the end of the key.
• User Name – This drop-down box selects the user who’s public key you wish to
manage. Note that you must first create users on the User Accounts page (See
“Configuring User Accounts” on page 3-56).
• Public-Key Type – The type of public key to upload.
- RSA: The switch accepts a RSA version 1 encrypted public key.
- DSA: The switch accepts a DSA version 2 encrypted public key.
The SSH server uses RSA or DSA for key exchange when the client first establishes a
connection with the switch, and then negotiates with the client to select either DES
(56-bit) or 3DES (168-bit) for data encryption.
The switch uses only RSA Version 1 for SSHv1.5 clients and DSA Version 2 for SSHv2
clients.
• TFTP Server IP Address – The IP address of the TFTP server that contains the public
key file you wish to import. (Default: 0.0.0.0)
• Source File Name – The public key file to upload.
• Copy Public Key – Initiates the public key TFTP import process. If you are replacing an
outdated public key file, it is not necessary to first delete the original key from the switch.
The import process will overwrite the existing key.
• Delete – Deletes a selected RSA or DSA public key that has already been imported to
the switch.